Predicting the potential distribution of the endangered red panda across its entire range using MaxEnt modeling.

ABSTRACT: An upsurge in anthropogenic impacts has hastened the decline of the red panda (Ailurus fulgens). The red panda is a global conservation icon, but holistic conservation management has been hampered by research being restricted to certain locations and population clusters. Building a comprehensive potential habitat map for the red panda is imperative to advance the conservation effort and ensure coordinated management across international boundaries. Here, we use occurrence records of both subspecies of red pandas from across their entire range to build a habitat model using the maximum entropy algorithm (MaxEnt 3.3.3k) and the least correlated bioclimatic variables. We found that the subspecies have separate climatic spaces dominated by temperature-associated variables in the eastern

SUBMITTER: Thapa A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6238126 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature